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Digitas, Inc. provides digital and interactive marketing services to the Internet-based and e-commerce companies. The company also provides cross-channel communications to clients. Its services include customer acquisition, cross-sell, loyalty, affinity and customer care operations. The company was founded by Robert L. Cosinuk in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

US Alliance Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of life insurance services. The firm also offers warrant exercise program. The company was founded by Jack H. Brier on April 24, 2009 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Part of Cincinnati Bell Inc., Matrixx Marketing, Inc. is a telecommunications services holding company. The company is based in Cincinnati, OH.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

TranSystems Corp. engages in the provision of engineering and consulting solutions for transportation industry. It specializes in aviation, architecture, bridges, construction, federal, roadway, planning and environmental, freight, and transit. The company was founded Herbert Johnson, Gerald Brickell, and Edward Mulcahy in 1966 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Rudolf Haufe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG engages in the publication business. It also offers solutions in the areas of technical information, qualification and training, applications, services, E-procurement, and opportunities for collaboration. The company is headquartered in Freiburg, Germany.

SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG publishes magazines, newspapers and periodicals. The firm publishes a cultural magazine; a magazine for university and high school students; a monthly magazine featuring reports, essays, and interviews; and a business management magazine. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Gates Capital Management, Inc. (Gates Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Gates in 1996. Gates Capital sponsors and serves as investment manager to domestic limited partnerships, an offshore investment company and an offshore limited partnership (Funds). Investors may include but are not limited to high net-worth individuals, family offices, advisor/consultants, foundations and endowments.

The American Institute of Baking is a non-profit organization which provides education and research services for bakers and food processors. It offers baking applications, foundations, and specializations; food defense, building and equipment design, GMP and sanitation training, distance learning, online training, and food labeling training. The organization was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Manhattan, KS.

Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange provides insurance services. The private company is based in Lenexa, KS and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 1959. The CEO is Philip D. Irwin.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

The Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that represents over 1,000 members at the local, state, and federal levels of government. The company's goal is to advocate for public policies that promote economic success and create a vibrant, innovative, fun, diverse, and healthy community in Topeka and Shawnee County. The company is based in Topeka, KS. The Chamber's president is a registered lobbyist who engages with members of the legislative delegation.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.

Pack It Up LLC manufactures and markets moving boxes. It operates as a direct marketing company that sells moving boxes. It takes orders from the web through partner sites such as Boxes America, Moveout.com and BoxBundles.com. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Bensalem, PA.

Advanced Solutions, Inc. (Colorado) offers guidance, navigation and control systems for embedded flight software and mission information technology solutions. Its services include systems analysis and design, client-server solutions, relational database management systems, real-time and embedded software solutions. The company was founded by Allen Bucher and John Cuseo in 1995 and is headquartered in Littleton, CO.

Council for International Tax Education, Inc. provides tax education services. The non-profit company is based in White Plains, NY.

Part of Fidelity Kansas Bankshares, Inc., Fidelity State Bank & Trust Co. is a state-chartered commercial bank based in Topeka, KS. The company provides banking services to individuals and businesses in the local community.

Evolv, Inc. operates as a predictive analytics software company. The firm specializes in big data predictive analytics and machine learning to optimize the performance of global hourly workforces. Its SaaS-based analytics platform delivers actionable decision support throughout the employee lifecycle. The company was founded in 2006 by Jim Meyerle and Max Simkoff and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Windward Private Wealth Management, Inc. (Windward) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded by Darrell Tierney in 1999. Windward provides a broad range of wealth management services to individuals and pension and profit-sharing plans.

Part of Tallgrass Energy LP, Tallgrass MLP GP LLC provides investment services. The company is based in Overland Park, KS. David G. Dehaemers has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

Tallgrass Development LP provides natural gas transportation and storage services. The firm also operates natural gas processing plants in Wyoming; and a carbon dioxide and sulfur treating facility in West Frenchie Draw, Wyoming. The company is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

Fall Line Capital LLC (Fall Line Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Eric O’Brien and Clay Mitchell. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Columbia Mutual Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) (Columbia Mutual-IP) is the investment portfolio division of Columbia Mutual Insurance Co., an insurance company headquartered in Columbia, Missouri. Columbia Mutual-IP manages the investment portfolio of their clients.

Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Co. (Invt Port) (KAMMCO-IP) is the investment portfolio division of Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Co., a member-owned, medical professional liability insurance company headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. The firm offers medical professional liability protection for physicians and their professional associations, hospitals and other health care providers covering claims against allegations of medical MPLl negligence. KAMMCO-IP manages the insurance company portfolio.

US Alliance Life & Security Co. engages in the provision of insurance services. It offers term, whole life, annuity, juvenile, preneed, group, firehouse, and critical illness insurance. The company was founded by Jack H. Brier on June 9, 2011 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Baum Capital Partners Management LLC (Baum Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Biel Crystal Holdings Ltd. operates as a smart device enclosure and module solution provider. The company was founded on June 8, 2016 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.